STEPANAKERT. – The situation was relatively quiet at night on the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Presidential Press Secretary Davit Babayan informed about the aforesaid speaking to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He noted that even though some shots were fired, no serious incidents had occurred at night.

The Armenia-Azerbaijan border likewise was relatively calm at night, albeit Azerbaijan had violated the ceasefire.

As reported earlier, an enhanced team from Azerbaijan’s special military detachment launched an attack, on Thursday at around 8:30am, on the NKR Defense Army positions stationed in a northerly (Gyulistan) direction.

As a result of the skirmish that lasted about two hours, the Armenian military position holders and the relief forces compelled the adversary to flee. Subsequently, they pursued the said Azerbaijani military team and completely crushed them nearby their own military position.

Unfortunately, NKR Defense Army servicemen Hakob Khachatryan (born in 1996), Eduard Hayrapetyan (born in 1995), and Arshak Harutyunyan (born in 1995) died and four others were wounded while confronting the adversary.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan bestowed posthumous awards upon the three fallen soldiers.